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Prince George has been left out of a wave of new jobs posted by the Department of Veterans Affairs following widespread criticism for poor service.

Fluoride is officially flushed. During Monday night's meeting, city council voted unanimously to shut off the city's fluoride injection system by year's end.

The water woes are continuing in Pineview. After first expecting the community's well to be back in operation by this past Saturday, officials at the Pineview Improvement District are now saying it will take until Thursday.

During the holidays, things tend to slow down and because demand has diminished the Northern Health Connections schedule will be modified.

A man was burned during a fire on Freimuller Avenue that was reported to Prince George Fire Rescue at about 2:15 this morning.

The B.C. Salmon Farmers Association is putting $1.5 million over the next five years into a series of research projects on how wild and farm-raised salmon interact.

Weekend ride totals from Operation Red Nose continue to climb as the seasonal safe ride system nears its fourth - and final - weekend. On Friday and Saturday 274 rides were completed by more than 161 volunteers over the two days.

A hundred years of firefighting in Prince George will be showcased in a hard-cover 100-page book called Frozen Flame, A History of the Prince George Fire Department.

Not even the thought of living in a Spruce Kings show home could tempt a man away from his family. Don Lucas won last year's Spruce Kings show home and has only set foot in it for about 15 minutes.

City council gets their first look tonight at a pair of proposals to bring 327 more hotel rooms to the busy Highway 16 and Highway 97 intersection.